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Much has been made about the lack of women in C-level positions at Fortune 500 companies — and in particular, retail companies. Less has been made about the fact that on the rare occasions women ascend to these top positions that they’re more likely to be fired than their male counterparts. The phenomenon has been termed the “glass cliff” by a pair of psychology professors — Michelle Ryan, Alexander Haslam — who did research on the subject.
Earlier this month, news came out that two Silicon Valley giants, Apple and Facebook, offer women employees a game-changing perk: it will pay for them to freeze their eggs. Facebook recently began covering egg freezing, and Apple will start in January, spokespeople for the companies told NBC News. The companies offer egg-freezing coverage under slightly different terms: Apple covers employees’ costs — as well as the female partners of employees — under its fertility benefit, while Facebook covers it under its surrogacy benefit. Both companies will pay up to $20,000 in benefits.
Kip Tindell, the founder, chairman and CEO of The Container Store, a company that sells storage and organization solutions, has been making some audacious statements as he promotes his new book, “Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives.” Among them: that women make better executives than men. With roughly...
Things Remembered, an omnichannel retailer that sells personalized gifts, has named Lisa Gavales as its new president and CEO. Gavales, who will begin at the company on Nov. 10, replaces Michael Anthony, who has been with the company for the past eight years. Anthony will remain with Things Remembered as the chairman of the board....
For BaubleBar, an online retailer founded in 2011 by Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky that sells high-quality jewelry at an affordable price, peer influence is a powerful selling tool. “We understand that the best style guidance for consumers comes from peers,” said Amy McDowell, vice president of digital marketing at BaubleBar, who spoke on a...
This article originally appeared in Retail Online Integration, the Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s founding brand. Jewelry and design have always been a part of Carolyn Rafaelian’s life. Her father, Ralph, opened a jewelry manufacturing business in 1966. It was there that Carolyn developed her love of design. In addition to designing pieces for her...
